Ironing-machine



|-. F. WILLEY.

IRONING MACHINE.

APPLICATION-FILED JUNE 10, I918.

Pamnmdsepiz. 20, 1921.

T E E H A s T E E H s 2 MTORNEXS' I. F. W'ILLEY.

momma MACHINE. APPLICATION F |LED JUNE I0, 1918.

PatentedSept 20, 1921.

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l/VVENTbR ATTORNEYS UNITED T slmc 1'. winter, or PHILADELPHIA-,- rENNsYLvANIa 1,391,521. Application filed June 10,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, IsAAoj F. WILLEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residin in the city and county of Philadelphia, tate of Pennsylvania, have invented anew and useful Ironing-'Machine, of which the following is a specification; i

My inventionfcon sists of a novel ironing machine which is especially adapted for ironing collars preferablyipresented laterally to' the ironing mechanism and is related .generally'to the general class ofironing machines disclosed" in" my, Patent #1256280, dated February 12, 1918.

The primary object of my invention is to provide novel means for the utilization of the main'ironing drum as a drierfor-the collars after bein ironed;- l s My invention ,urtherconsists in providingmeanswhereby the ironing and drying of the collars is accomplished in one con tinuous operation ,around the periphery of the revolving ironing drum.

A still further. object of my invention is to provide a plurality of conveyer aprons c0 operatingwith each other, oneof "said aprons being 0 posed to the lower periphcry of theironing drum to support the collars in contact therewith after, the collars leave the ironing rolls opposed to the upper peripherypof the ironing drum, the other apron cooperating. with the first mentioned apron to receive the collars therefrom for delivery between the said aprons to the discharge end of the machine, the aprons at the discharge outlet traveling in different directions to most readily effect the discharge of the collars at the desired point. 7

Another object ofmy invention is to provide novel tension devices for theicon veyer aprons, the apron opposed to the periphery of the ironing drum being providedv with an automatic tension, means for yieldingly holding said apron in propercontact with the under surface of the drum, while the apron cooperating with said first mentioned apron is provided with a manually operated tension device, the ironing or drying operations in my novel machine being effected with feed and discharge of the collars from opposite ends of the machine on SllbSfifil' tially the same horizontal plane,

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1918. s'enel- 1m. 239,126.

PATENT O rim;

ispecifica tionbf Letters fatent. Patented Se t; 1921 tion, I have shown in the accompanying drawin s one form thereof which is at pres ent preferred by me, since the same will give in practice satisfactory and reliable results,

although itlis to be understood that the various instrumentalities of which my invention consists can be-variou sly arranged and organized and that my invention is not limited to the precise arrangement and or ganization of these instrunientalities .as herein shown and described. i w b Figure 1 represents a side elevatioii of an ironing machine embodying myinvention, certain of the parts being removed for the sake of clearness of illustration,- f F 2 represents asection on line '2-2,

Fi 1. ig. 3 represents a diagrammatic view showing the organizationand relationship of the principal elements of my invention.

Fig. 4 represents'a rear elevation ofFig. 1. i

7 Similar numerals. of referenceindicate corresponding parts in the figures. Referring. to the drawings.

1 designates the housing or framework of an ironing machine embodying; my inventionand adapted to be actuated by any desired type'of driving mechanism, the general organization and operation of the ironing elements and their adjuncts being somewhat analogous to that disclosed in my Patent No. 1,256,280, dated February 12,- 1918.

Referring to. Fig. 1 of the drawings, '2

designates a motor shaft preferably driven by. an electric or other motor (not shown) which shaft carries apinion 3 meshing with a gearwheel 4 mountedbn the shaft 5 journaled .in the framework 1. 'The shaft 5 has mounted thereon thepinionr 6 meshing with the gear wheel 7 mounted on the shaft 8 also journaled in the housingl. .9 {designates a sprocket wheel mounted on the shaft 8 and provided with a sprocket chain 10 which passes around a sprocket wheel 11 I carried by the first ironing .roll 12, which latter is preferably carried by the housing 1.

The ironing roll-12 is preferably in frictional engagement with a feed apron 13 which passes around a front roll-lemounted at the front of themachine' for regulating the easier at the ap 3 15 e g ate a also passing over a blade'17 adjustably .car-

riedby the housing of the machine.

18 designates a roll, which .is located'out" of vertical alinement with the first or upper ironing roll-12, said roll 18 being supported"- by the housing of the-.machin and. being manually adjustable with res pec tto the roll 12. These rolls-12 and 18are simultaneously actuated through the gear 19 onthe shaft of the roll 12 meshing with th gear 20 on the shaft of the roll 18. The forward ,portion: of the machine may be provided with a table (not shown) for supporting-the collarspreparatory to their being "placed upon the feed apron 13.. p Theys'haft 8hasalso mounted thereon a gear 21, v.y vhich meshes with a gear 22 carried by thermain drum or cylinder/23, which is mounted on the shaft 24 suitably journaled in the housingor framework 1.1.2.

Cooperating with the ironing cylinder'23 ar a plurality of small ironing rolls 25, any

desired number of; which may be employed,

the organization and operation of theserolls being in a general way substantially similar to those disclosed in my patent vheretofore referred tog 1 The shaftsof these rolls 25, are-provided with thepinions 26 in mesh with a gear 27, Fig. 4, on theshaft 24 of thedrum 23, so as to drive the ;rol1s yin unison with said drum. o. :j

28 designates steam conduits by means of whichsteam is circulated throughbthe large drum or cylinder 23, and 29 designates similarsteam conduits, whereby steam is circulated through the first ironing roll'12.

The particularly novel features of my present invention will now be described:

Referring more particularly-toFig. 3 of the-drawings, 30 and 31 designate aplurality of continuous conveyeraprons adapt ed to cooperate with each other, one of which 30 cooperates with, bypassing beneath, the ironing cylinde or large drum23, in drying thecollars or other articles to beironed. This-apron 30 toward the front of the machine and in proximity with the undersurfacep'f the drum 23 passes over 'and is drivenbythe roll-32 mounted on the shaft 33 journaled in a'bracket on the housing of themachine. This shaft 33, (see left of Fig. 4) has mounted thereon a sprocket wheel34 provided with a sprocket chain 35 whichpasses around the sprocket wheel'3 6 mounted on the shaft 8 to impart motion to the apron 30. 8

-- 37 and 38 designateidler rolls located in adjacency to the periphery" ofsjtheyironing drum 23to hold that portion of the apron 30 themachine'. v s V 41, 42,;43,'44 and 45 designate idler rolls for supporting and'guiding the circuitous which travels beneath the under surface of drumpwhile the shaft1 0f, the roll 38, located at the rear portion of the drum, is supported lar frames 40 fastened to the side. frames of path of travel of the apron The shafts of therolls: 41 and 42 are journaled in brackets on the housing of the machine, while the shafts of the rolls 42, 44 and 45 are in theibeari'ng blocks 39 secured to rectangu mounted on the bearing blocks 46 secured to the rectangular frames f 47 designates a gravity tension roll which is fcarriedin a loop 68 f vthe apron 30, and is yieldingly supported in the rectangular frames: 40, The'roll4'Z is provided with a shaft- 48 rotatably' ournaled v inbrackets '49, j

Fig 2, integral with isleeves vertically movable on vertical posts51 secured in the rectangular frames The sleeves 50;are also connected by the shaft 70 frotatably journaledin thebrackets 71 o f, the sleevesc50. Theflshaft70 is provided at,i ts' ends with pinions 52 meshing with racks '53 on. each side of the machine. This tensiondevice serves tortake uni-the slack in the apronw30 and hold the 1011-17 at. all times in parallel. 5

ism-with the other :rollsof the machine.

72 designates aghand wheel secured on the shaft 70. to manually raiseior lower'the roll 47 to lessen. or increase the tensionof the apron 30.: 1

chine passes over and is driven the roll .54 mounted on a shaft providedwith a gear '55 (The apron 3li toward the of the in mesh withv argear 56 vmounted on the driven shaft 8. 4 1 v Theapron31 moving in the direction of the arrows, from the-roll 54, in its passage to therear of the machine, passes over the roll '32 and is broughtinto engagement with 1 1 the apron- .30 which also passes over the roll 32 and thence travels in engagement with the apron 30 until the roll 41', beneathwhich both apronstravehis reached,-when it leaves the apron. 30 and is not again brought into contact with said apron 30' until both pass beneath the roll 4,3, after which both aprons travel together upward to and, over theroll 44 Thence apron 31 travels downwardly over the idler roll 57 supported in the bracket 58 secured to the housing of the machine,-and then passes'toward the front of the machine over the idler roll 59, thetension 60, the idler rolls'61 and ,62and back to the driven roll 54, v a a e p The tension roll for regulating the tension of the apron 311s adjusted by being supported on the screws 63,1nounted on each i from whence the collars are delivered to the boxings in which side frame of the machin and equipped with internally threaded sleeves 6 1 provided with the ends of the shaftof the roll are rotatably journaled, as shown in Fig.1. V c. designates'brackets secured to the rectangular frames 40, on which below the dis chargemouth .of the aprons 30 and 31' is supported a table or compartment 66*toreceive the ironed collars.

The operation of my novel embodiment of the conveyer aprons in connection with a collar ironing machine of the class referred" to will now be readily apparent to those skilled inthis art'and is as follows I will first briefly refer to the operation of ironing thecollars by the ironing rolls conveyer aprons for further drying and de livery to the discharge table or compart- Iment.

Assuming that the various parts of the mac'h'ne are in properly adjusted positions,

the motor (not shown) is started to revolve 5 the shaft 2. The shaft will then'revolve the gear 3 and thereby the gears 4, 6 and 7, which in turn will occasion the revolution of the sprocket wheel 9 and, thereby actuate the sprocket chain 10, with the result of imparting rotation to the ironing roll 12. Since the ironing roll 12 is intergeared with the roll 18 and in frictional engagement with the belt 13, which passes between said ironing roll and said roll 18, a forward feeding movement will be imparted to the feed apron '13. The gear 21 which is mounted on the same shaft 8 on which the sprocket wheel 9 is mounted, meshes with the gear 22 and thereby revolves the drum 23. The collars, after being washed and having been treated V with starch in any desired manner, are in condition to be ironed.

The operator havlng arranged the collars to beironed with their bottoms orinner faces upon and transversely of the apron 13, the collars are then fed laterally bythe feed aprontolbeneath the first ironing roll 12 and in parallelism with its axis with the result that substantially the entire upper surface of each collar will be brought into engagement with the ironing surface of'thc roll 12 andproperly ironed.

After the collar passes beyond the ironing roll 12, it travels on and over the blade 17 and is delivered to the ironing drum. 23

laterally in'parallelism with the axis thereof. It then passes beneath the first ironing roll 25, then beneath the second ironing roll 25, then beneath the third ironing roll25 of'the first set of rolls in each instanceinparallelism with their axes, and thereafter similarly beneath the remaining rolls.- a

1 The collars after being as aforesaid molded and ironed are carried downwardly-on the face of the revolving ironing drum 23; to

.68 of the apron 80, controls from theroll 38 to a point where the apron 30 is directed forwardly and downwardly over the roll 37 away from the drum 23, the apron 30 carrying the collars with it, from itto be transferred to the apron 31 and carried between the two aprons on an incline toward the rear of the machine and around the roll 41. Beyond theroll 11 the aprons diverge, the collar being carried on the apron 31 to the roll 43 where the aprons again meet to convey the collar upwardly to between the rollsll and45,fthe different direction of travel of the two aprons at this point effecting a discharge outlet for the collar into the receiving compartment 66.

The gravity roll 47 carried in the loop the tension of the apron to yieldingly hold the apron 30 with respect to the drum 23, whereby the collars under various conditions are prop erly conveyed between the drum and the apron. t

The tension of'the apron 31 is controlled by the tension roll 60 engaging the loop 69 of the apron and adapted to be controlled by the manually operated threaded members 63 to hold the apron 31 at the proper tension in respect to the apron 30.

Bylmy 1 invention, I provide means for utilizing for drying purposes a considerable portion of the under surface of the ironing drum, the feed and discharge of the collars being effected from the opposite ends of the machine.

' It willfnow be apparent that I have devised a novel and useful construction of an ironing machine which embodies the features of advantage enumerated as desirable" in the statement of the invention and. the above description, and while I have, in the present instance, shown and described I a preferred embodiment thereof'which willjbe found in practice to give satisfactory and reliable results, it is to be understood that the same is susceptible of modification in various particulars without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention or sac-' rificing any of .its advantages. 4

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. An ironing machine, which comprises in combination, a revoluble ironing drum, a

plurality of ironing rolls of relatively small j diameter opposed to the periphery of said drum at the upper portion of the machine,

said juxtaposed small diameter ironing rolls being collocated in such close relationship to each other and to the upper periphery ofsaid other and one of which is opposed to the periphery of said drum near the lower portion of the machine, means for driving said apronsin unison with said revoluble drum and said ironin grolls, means forthe continu ous delivery of the ironed collars to the con-- veyer'apron opposed to said ironing drum, means for transferring the, collars to and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron, means for forming aloop in theupper rear portion ofsaid upper apron, a gravitytension roll supported in said loop, means for adjusting said roll, means .for forming a loop inthe lower front portion of said lower apron, a lower front tension'roll in said latter loop, and means for adjusting the tension of said lower front tension roll.

' 2. An ironing machine, which comprises in combination, a revoluble ironing drum, a plurality of ironing rolls of relatively small diameter opposedto the periphery of said drum atthe upper portion of the machine, said juxtaposed small diameter ironing rolls being collocated insuch close relationship to each other and to the upper periphery of said drum as to efiect the feeding forwardly and continuous progressionof a collar presented laterally to said rolls with its longitudinal axis in substantial parallelism tosaid rolls, a plurality of upper and lower'continuous conveyer aprons which cooperate withreach other and one of which is opposed to the periphery ofsaid drum near the lower portion of the machine, means for drivingsaid aprons in unison with said revoluble drum and said ironing rolls, means for the continuous delivery of the ironed collars to the conveyer apron opposed to said ironing drum, means for'transferring the collars to and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron,

means for supporting the collars in travel be tween said aprons, means for forming a loop in the upper rear portion of said upper apron, a gravity tension roll supported in said loop, means for adjusting said roll,

' means for forming a loop in the lower front portion of said lower apron, a lower front tension roll in said latter loop, and means for adjusting the tension tension roll. r

3. An ironing machine, which comprises in combination, a revoluble ironing drum, a plurality of ironing rolls of relatively small of said lower front diameteropposed to the periphery of said drum at the upperportion of the machine;

said juxtaposed small diameter ironing rolls being eollocated in such close relationship to each other'and to the. upper periphery of said I drum as to effect the feeding forwardlyand continuous progressionof a collar presented laterally to said rolls with its longitudinal 1 axis insubstantial parallelism "to saidrolls,

a plurality ofupper-and lower: continuous v means for transferring the collarsto and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron,

I means for supporting the collarsin travel be tween said aprons, means for forming a loop' in the upper rear portion of said upper apron, a gravity tension roll supported: in said loop,fmeans for adjusting said g-rollj, means for forming a loop in-thelowerY-front portion of said lower apron,'alower front 1 tension roll insaid latterloop, and means for adjusting the tension of said lower front tension roll, means for discharging said-col;- lars from said conveyer aprons, in combination with means for initially'applying heat and pressure to theupper side, and pressure to the under side "of the-forwardly moving collar throughout the lengththe'reof." i 4. An ironing machine, which comprises in combination, a revoluble ironing drumfa plurality of ironing rollsTo-f relatively-small diameter opposed to the periphery ofsaid drum at the upper portion ;-of the machine, said j uxtaposed" small diameter ironing: rolls beingj-collocatedin such close relationship "to each other and to the upperper'iphery 'ofsaid drum as "to effect the feeding forwardly'and continuous progression ofa collar presented laterally to said rolls with its longitudinal axis in substantial "parallelism to said rolls, a plurality ofupper and lower continuous conveyer aprons which cooperate with each other and one of which is opposed tothe. periphery of said'j'drum near'the lower-por tion of themachine, meansffor driving said aprons in unison with said-revoluble'drum and said ironing rolls, meansfor the continuous delivery of 'the ironed col-lars to the con veyer apron opposed to said ironing drum, b means for transferring the collars to and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron, means for forming a loop in the upper rear portion of said upper apron, a gravity tension roll supported in-said loop, means for adjusting said roll, meansfor forming a loop in the lower front portion of said lower apron, a lower front tension roll in said'latter loop, andmeans'for adjusting-the tension of said lower'front tension roll, means for in combination, a revoluble ironing drum, a

plurality of ironing rolls of relatively small diameter opposed to the periphery of said drum at the upper portion of the machine, said juxtaposed small diameter ironing rolls being collocated in such close relationship to each other and to the upper peripheryof said drum as to effect the feeding forwardly and continuous progression of a collar presented laterally to said rolls with its longitudinal axis in substantial parallelism to said rolls, a plurality of upper and lower continuous conveyeraprons which cooperate with each other and one of whic'his opposed to the periphery of said drum near the lower portion of the machine, means for driving said aprons in unison with said revoluble drum and said ironing rolls, means for the continuous delivery of the ironed collars to the con 'veyer apron opposed to said ironing drum,

means for transferring the collars to .and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron, means for forming a loop in the upper rear portion of said upper apron, automaticmeans in said loop for yieldingly holding the upper of said aprons against the periphery of the ironing drum, means for forming a loop in the forward portion of said lower apron, a tension roller in said loop, and means for actuating said tension roller.

6. An, ironing machine, which. comprises in combination, a revoluble ironing drum, a plurality of ironing rolls of relatively small diameter opposed to the periphery of said drum at the upper portion of the machine, said juxtaposed small "diameter ironing rolls being collocatecl in such close relationship to each other and to the upper periphery of said drum as to effect the feeding forwardly and continuous progression of a collar presented laterally to said rollswith its longitudinal axis in substantial parallelism to said rolls,

.a plurality .of upper and lower continuous conveyer aprons which cooperate with each other and one of which iscopposed to the periphery of said drum near the lower portion of the machine, means for driving said aprons in unison with said revoluble drum and said ironing rolls, means for the continuous delivery of the ironed collars to the conveyer apron opposed to said ironing drum, means for transferring the collars to and upon the lower cooperating conveyer apron, means for forming a loop in the upper rear portion of said upper apron, automatic means in said loop for yieldingly holding the upper of said aprons against the periphery of the ironing drum, and front and rear means manually operated to control the tension of said aprons relative to each other.

7. In an ironing machine, a single revoluble ironing drum, a plurality of upper ironing rolls of relatively small diameter op-' posed to the upper periphery of said drum in such close relationship as to cause the progression of a collar to be ironed with its longitudinal axis in parallelism to said upper small rolls, a lower conveyer apron 30 located under and in proximity to said drum, a front driving roll 32 for said apron, a front idler roll 37 for said apron located near the front under portion of said drum, a rear upper idler roll 38 for said apron located at the rear of said drum, an idler roll 41 located under said drum under which said apron travels, an intermediate idler 42 on which said apron travels, a rear idler 43 under which the rear lower portion of said apron travels, a pair of upper rear idlers 44 and 45 around which said apron travels, said apron being formed into an upper loop 68 at a point between said upper-rear'idlers 45 and 38, a gravity tension roll 47 supported on said loop 68, a second apron 31 having por-' tions located in proximity to'saidapron 30,

means for actuating said last mentioned apron, and means in the front of the machine for taking up slack in said latter apron.

8. In an ironing machine, a. single revoluble'ironing drum, a plurality of small iron ing rolls closely arranged in proximity to the top of said drum, a lower conveyer apron located under and 1n proximlty to sa1d drum,

a front driving roll 32 for said apron, a r

front idler roll 37 for said apron located near the front under portion ofsaid drum, a rear upper idler roll 38 for said apron located at the rear of said drum, an idler roll 41 located'under said drum, under which said apron travels, an intermediate idler 42 over which-said apron travels, a rear idler 43 under which the rear lower portion of said apron travels, a pair of upper rear idlers 44 and 45 around which said apron travels, said apron being formed into an-upper loop 68 at a point between said upper rear idlers 45 and 38, a gravity tension roll 47 supported in said loop 68, means for adjusting said tension roll vertically, a second apron 31 having portions located in proximity to said apron 30, a drive roll 54 for said latter apron which passes around said rolls 32, 41, 43 and 44,

front idler rolls 62 and 61, and rear idler rolls 59and 57 for said latter apron, a front tension roll for said latter apron, and means at the front of the machine for adjusting said front tension roll.

9. In an ironing machine, a single revoluble ironing drum, a plurality of small ironing rolls, closely arranged in proximity to each other and to the top of said drum, upper and lower aprons arranged below said drum,

means for actuating said aprons, idler rolls 100p, and meansfor adjusting said tension for said aprons, means for forming a loop in roll. the upper rear portion of said upper apron, a gravity tension r011 supported in said 100p, 5 means for adjusting said tension roll, means Witnesses: v

. for forming a loop in the lower front portion H. S. FAIRBANKS, Y of said lower apron, atension roll in said O. D. MoVAY.

' ISAAC F. WILL YQ 

